An exhibition in the ‘CONNECT’ series at the Diocesan Museum in Paderborn, organised in collaboration with storyLab kiU and inspired by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University

The conference will focus on the question of how Islamic traditions conceive of human beings in the context of normativity, physicality, responsibility, affectivity and vulnerability.

From Monday, 9 November, to Thursday, 12 November, the ‘Let's go Abroad’ information week will take place at Paderborn University.

Under the motto ‘KW writes (better) together’, the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GKW) and the (Paderborn University) Writing Centre organise a monthly interdisciplinary writing group.

The Institute of German Literature and Comparative Literature and the Centre for Contemporary German Literature at Paderborn University invite anyone interested to a series of literary readings followed by discussions. On 9 November, Petra Morsbach will be reading from her latest novel, 'Orion'.

During the 2026/27 winter semester, the transdisciplinary lecture series “VER:ACHTSAMKEIT. Geopolitics of Pop Cultures” will explore the relationship between pop (music) cultures and geopolitical dynamics, areas of tension and upheavals.

The Institute of Media Studies at Paderborn University is organising an interdisciplinary lecture series entitled ‘Science under Pressure | Science under Obligation’ during the winter semester.

On Tuesday, 10 November, as part of the ‘Let's go Abroad’ information week, the international Quiz Night will take place at the Grill|Café on the Paderborn University campus.

In the 2026/27 winter semester, the lecture series ‘Conceptions of Europe from an Interdisciplinary Perspective’ will once again take place at Paderborn University. In this series, academics from Paderborn University and from European partner universities will present their respective disciplines’ perspectives on the phenomenon of ‘Europe’.

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University is continuing its well-established international lecture series. Entitled ‘Cultural Perspectives on Literature’, the series of events in the winter semester will explore the subject of literature from interdisciplinary and international perspectives.

On Wednesday 11 November at 7 pm, Prof. Dr. Aaron Rosen and the artists Gabriela Boros and Siona Benjamin will discuss how modern art continues the dialogue with Sarah and Hagar.

On 12 and 13 November, the DFG research network ‘Modes of Organisational Diversity’ is organising a working meeting at Paderborn University, which is linked to the public conference ‘Diversity in Organisations in Times of Backlash – Empirical Insights’.

On Thursday 12 November, a workshop on the topic of ‘Female Metamorphoses in Contemporary Literature and the Arts’ will take place at the International Meeting Centre (IBZ) in the Jenny Aloni House at Paderborn University.

Part of the ‘How it works’ event series in collaboration with ZEIT Campus and Die Techniker

A didactic conference on philosophy at Paderborn University